'God Is Gay'

[William769]

“What if I told you God is gay? / Do you think belligerent Bible-belters / Would still holler hate speech to the hilltops / In his name?”

So begins the poem “God Is Gay,” by a straight, Christian college student whose slam performance of the work has become a hit on YouTube, with nearly 80,000 views so far.

Elliot Darrow, a student at the University of North Carolina, performed the poem in the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in April, and video of his appearance was posted to YouTube in May, but it’s had a recent spike in viewings.

Darrow, who grew up Presbyterian but is not affiliated with a specific denomination now, says he wrote the poem to challenge antigay religious views. “I’ve seen so many people, in my mind, misuse the Bible to preach not necessarily hatred, but just ignorance toward people who are of other preferences,” he told Time magazine’s Swampland blog. “I want to show that regardless of how someone identifies, God wants to love them, and God does love them.”

http://www.advocate.com/politics/religion/2013/10/11/watch-students-poem-asserts-god-gay

I applaud this person.

[OldEurope]

1. Thank you for posting this! /nt

[William769]

2. Your welcome.

[Ian David]

5. You're. :P n/t

[OldEurope]

8. Pardon?

Edited to tell you: found out.

[cali]

3. that was delightful. and amusing.

[Zorra]

4. K&R In fact, S/he is lesbian gay bisexual intersex transgender transsexual. nt

[William769]

7. Thanks. I did not know that.

[seveneyes]

6. Nice. And brave.

Good on him.

Unrelated, but it made me think this...

[HappyMe]

9. Pretty damn cool.

[William769]

10. Yep.